Intriguing New Theory Might Explain the Fate of Easter Island's Civilization
It's calling into question what we thought we knew about the mysterious culture.
It's calling into question what we thought we knew about the mysterious culture.
It belonged to a human sub-species.
New evidence that early North Americans cruised the Pacific coast.
The red ochre pigment might have been used for art or to color animal skins.
Ninety percent of Little Foot's skeleton has been recovered.
"We have dramatic proof that living by the sea isn't always a life of beautiful golden sunsets," as one researcher put it.
Bones, stone tools, and the footprints of early human ancestors are just a few of the legendary paleoanthropologist's discoveries.
Sweet potatoes might have played a big role.
'Ma,' 'ba,' and 'pa' are among the first sounds that children around the world learn how to make, regardless of the language they later speak.
The order in which color words emerge in different languages follows a pattern.
The human family is closer than you may think.
With enough funding, they will analyze—and then reinter—the remains of people buried between 1707 and 1859 in a Baptist cemetery—and mental_floss will be in the lab with them.
With enough funding, they will analyze—and then reinter—the remains of people buried between 1707 and 1859 in a Baptist cemetery—and mental_floss will be in the lab with them.
It's been a big year.
Neanderthals may have been craftier than we give them credit for.
Fossil evidence suggests the evolutionary split between humans and other apes happened 2 million years earlier than previously believed.
Analysis of the “spear points” scattered across the island shows they may actually have been household tools.
How could hundreds of healthy men suddenly become convinced that their penises are disappearing?
A Han Dynasty emperor was buried with tea leaves 2150 years ago.
Rule #3: Touch is a language too.
Despite modern technology and industrialization, humans are still changing as a species, even today. Here are a few indications that our evolution isn't over.